Bacteriocins Pep5 and epidermin inhibit Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to catheters

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 350-353

  Fontana, Mariana Buss Cezar ^a   Freire De Bastos, Maria Do Carmo ^b   Brandelli, Adriano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; EPIDERMIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN PEP5; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOCINS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; SILICONES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33645803623     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0152-5     Document Type: Article

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